Describing a tree in summer, spring, autumn and winter.

Describing a tree in summer, spring, autumn and winter.

This post makes describing a tree with the five senses easy. It is a Level 1 post, which means it is easy to follow and rewarding for English beginners (i.e. beginners in secondary school).

Although it is not from my book `Writing with Stardust', you can expect to see many of these types of word-menus in the book. Just click on any of the book images at the bottom of this blog post for more information on my books.

I hope you enjoy the post.

LEVEL 1

leaf colour

sound

sensations of leaf and bark smells

fruity and nutty tastes branch shape

activity in tree

tree metaphors

old age and shadows extra descriptions

SPRING mint-green Eden-green crispy leaves

silk-soft leaves

baked apple aroma candy taste from fruit antler-shaped

carolling birds

a grove of trees

aged trees

a lace of leaves

SUMMER sap-green paradise-green crinkly forest floor bark like frozen, bubbled soup like-freshly pressed laundry syrup sweet

like Neptune's fork cooing pigeons

a leafy paradise

creeping shadows sunlight arrowed through

AUTUMN sunflame-gold bonfire-red thunking nuts

flaky and crumbly tutti-fruity

earthy taste of nuts like lightning forks drumming woodpeckers the skyscraper of the forest time-chiselled trees leaf-carpeted path

WINTER bare of leaf

snapping branches as cold as a crocodile's back the glucose smell of amber the full-bodied taste of berries like reaching arms orc-eyed spiders

skeleton-bare

careworn trees

feathery combs of moss

A SPRING TREE 1. There is a tree in our garden and it has mint-green leaves. 2. Its leaves are very crispy. 3. They are silk-soft to the touch. 4. The tree has a baked apple smell in the spring. 5. Its fruit tastes like candy. 6. The branches are antler-shaped.

SIGHT SOUND TOUCH SMELL TASTE SHAPE

7. Carolling birds sing from the tree top.

ACTIVITY

8. In the distance, there is a grove of trees the same size and shape. METAPHORS

9. We think they have aged a lot because they are very tall.

OLD AGE

10. We love to sit under the tree and gaze up at the lace of leaves. OTHERS

A SUMMER TREE 1. Trees in summer are paradise-green. 2. The forest floor is crinkly when you walk on it. 3. The bark of the trees feels like frozen, bubbled soup. 4. The smell in the forest is like freshly-pressed laundry. 5. The fruit in the forest is syrup sweet when you bite into it. 6. The branches of the trees are shaped like Neptune's fork. 7. Cooing pigeons haunt the tops of the trees. 8. The shaggy heads of the trees is a leafy paradise. 9. Creeping shadows grow with the sunrise. 10. Sunlight arrows through the branches of the trees.

SIGHT SOUND TOUCH SMELL TASTE SHAPE ACTIVITY METAPHORS SHADOWS OTHERS

AN AUTUMN TREE 1. Trees burn in bonfire-reds and sunflame ?gold in the autumn. 2. The sound of thunking nuts hitting the ground is a sign of autumn. 3. The bark of the trees becomes flaky and crumbly. 4. The tutti-fruity smell of ripening fruit ghosts through the air. 5. There is an earthy taste to the nuts if you crunch into them. 6. The branches of the trees are shaped like lightning forks. 7. Drumming woodpeckers sound like a rap song. 8. The trees are the skyscrapers of the forest. 9. The time-chiselled trees can seem weary at times.

SIGHT SOUND TOUCH SMELL TASTE SHAPE ACTIVITY METAPHORS OLD AGE

10. You can follow the leaf-carpeted path to find your way home.

OTHERS

A WINTER TREE 1. In winter, the trees become bare of leaf. 2. The sound of snapping branches fills the forest. 3. The tree bark feels as cold as a crocodile's back. 4. The glucose smell of amber leaks from the tree bark. 5. The ripe berries have a full-bodied taste. 6. The branches can look like reaching arms. 7. Orc-eyed spiders hide under the last of the leaves. 8. The trees look skeleton-bare and eerie at times. 9. The careworn trees are waiting for spring's beating heart. 10. Feathery combs of moss hang from jutting branches.

SIGHT SOUND TOUCH SMELL TASTE SHAPE ACTIVITY METAPHORS OLD AGE OTHERS

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